The basic trainee who died Monday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been identified as Kelani Thomas, 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thomas, from Troy, Alabama, was in her first week of Basic Military Training, according to a news release from the 37th Training Wing. She passed all of her medical examinations during the recruiting and training process and had no health restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two days before Thomas died, she passed her initial fitness assessment, which included a 1.5-mile run, the news release says. She was assigned to the 322nd Training Squadron at the time of her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Everything looked very positive with this young lady,” said Robert Rubio, a spokesman for the 37th Training Wing. “It didn’t seem like there was any reason to be concerned, based on her medical history, based on all the MEPS [Military Entrance Processing Station], based on the last test they did here on the first week. Everything was green.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basic trainees spend alternate days running and doing strength training, Rubio said. On Monday, Thomas and her fellow trainees were running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thomas had just finished a 15-minute paced run and was about to begin a 10-minute self-paced run when she collapsed, Rubio said. The initial run was meant as a warm-up, so the trainees were going at a slow pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We mourn together for our fallen airman, Kelani Thomas,” Col. Trent Edwards, commander of the 37th Training Wing, said in a statement. “Our focus, as it should be, is on taking care of her family as well as her friends and teammates here at Lackland.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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